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1. Using a web browser, search for "h-gac gis data" and select the result as shown below or go directly to: http://www.h-gac.com/gis-applications-and-data/datasets.aspx
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2. Under the Dataset Categories Browse Data by Category section, click the Transportation button to filter the results by subject.
3. Under the Datasets section, click Major Roads. (I don't see this selection and instead simply searched for major roads in the search bar. Could someone else take a look as well?)
4. Click Download Dataset.
5. Scroll down and explore the available data, then click HGAC Major Roads, which should be at the end of the list.
6. Click Download.
7. Click ShapefileClick the blue Download button.

Houston METRO Downloads

The Houston METRO website provides GIS data for the public transit system in Houston provided by METRO. For this tutorial, you will need the bus stops and bus routes data, which is included in the downloadable zip-file containing all of the GIS data available on the site. To obtain this data:

1. Using a web browser, search for "houston metro gis" and select the result as shown below or go directly to: https://www.ridemetro.org/Pages/DigitalAssets.aspx
   
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the webpage and select Get Started.
3. From the left "Featured collections" dropdown select  select Transit Data Files.
   
4. Select shape Select Shape files.
5. Click on Bus Routes - shape file and click download. 
6. Do the same Repeat for Bus Stops - shape file.

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Once you have downloaded the Bus Stops and Bus Routes data from Houston METRO and the Census and Freeways Major Roads data from HGAC, you should be able to find the data files in your Downloads folder. You will see that all the files are zipped, meaning they contain compressed files of data within them (you can tell a file is zipped when the file type column reads “Compressed (zipped) Folder”). You will need to unzip the folders to be able to see the data inside them. To do that:

1. Open the Downloads folder.
2. Ensure that you see the following zipped folders in your Downloads folder.

   1. Census2010_Redistricting_Data_Shapefiles

   2. HGAC_Major_Roads-shp

   3. RS2688_Bus Stops - shape file

   4. RS2689_Bus Routes - shape file

3. Select all four folders.
4. Right-click any of the selected folders and select 7-Zip > Extract here. If you do not have 7-Zip, you will need to right-click each file individually and select Extract all, then click Extract.

Your data should now be in a file folder in its decompressed format and ready to be brought into ArcGIS Pro.

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1. From the Start menu, launch ArcGIS Pro.
2. When ArcGIS Pro opens, under the Create a new project New section, click the Blank Map project template.
3. In the 'Create a New Project' window, for Name, type "Intro".
4. For Location, click the Browse... button to the right.
5. In the 'Select a folder to store the project.' window, click Computer in the left column and click  click Desktop in the right column and click OK.
   
   
   
   
6. In the 'Create a New Project' Window, click OK.
7. Maximize the ArcGIS Pro application window

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1. In the Catalog pane, right-click Folders and select Add Folder Connection.
2. In the left column, click My Computer. In the right column, click C:/ > Users > gistrain.ADRICE and single click on Downloads. Click OK.
3. In the Catalog pane, expand Downloads.
4. Fully expand all folders and geodatabases in the Downloads folder.
5. Your 'Folders' directory should look like the below.
   

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For this tutorial, we are working with vector data which is a spatial data format that uses points, lines, and polygons to represent real features on the Earth's surface. Vector data is ideal for discrete themes with definite boundaries. A Feature Class is a vector storage format that represents a homogeneous collection of common features. There are two types of Feature Classes: a Shapefile feature class and a Geodatabase feature class. A Shapefile feature class is an open source format. Its file extension is .shp and its icon is green. A Geodatabase feature class is an Esri proprietary format. A Geodatabase feature class must be stored inside a Geodatabase (.gdb) and its icon is white. To better organize our project, we will import data into our Project Geodatabase.

1. In the Catalog pane, click the HGAC_Major_Roads geodatabase feature class and drag-and-drop it into the Intro.gdb. A progress bar will appear that reads 'Copying...' Once it is complete, you will see a copy of Major_Roads inside the Intro.gdb as shown below. (THIS FILE IS NO LONGER A .GBD)
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2. In the Geoprocessing pane, click the Folder button to the right of the blank input features drop-down.
3. In the 'Input Features' window, click Project > Folders > Downloads in the right column and click Open.
4. SelectFind and select HGAC_Major_Roads.shp, shp and click OK. 
5. Repeat steps 2-4 for METRO_BusRoutes.shp and METRO METRO_BusStops.shp and click OKshp. 
6. In the Geoprocessing pane, accept default settings as shown below and click Run. 
   
   
   
   
7. Navigate back to the Catalog pane by selecting the Catalog tab at the bottom of the Geoprocessing pane.
8. In the Catalog pane, right-click on Intro.gdb and select Refresh. 
9. Expand Intro.gdb. Your Project Geodatabase should now contain four Geodatabase feature classes: HGAC_Major_Roads, HGAC_tracts, METRO_BusRoutes, and METRO_BusStops.
   
   
   
   
10. In the Catalog pane, in the Folders section, right-click on Downloads and select Remove.

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